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She didn’t know how old Hollis was, but forty was probably a safe bet, and Kate couldn’t fathom reaching that kind of age without kissing another woman. She was determined to make this a night that Hollis would always remember.
6
Hollis pulled away, her heart racing as she slid her fingers out of Kate’s hair, and she could feel her cheeks heating up. She could safely say that none of her fantasies about kissing another woman had prepared her for that.
“I’m still waiting for a verdict,” Kate said with a lopsided smile as she ran her hand through her hair.
Hollis let out a happy sigh as she reached for her wine glass. “I honestly don’t have the words.”
Kate’s hand was back on her leg, just above her knee, and Hollis could feel the warmth of her touch through her chinos. “Are we at least talking about good words?”
Hollis laughed softly. “Yes. Definitely.” She took a sip of wine, her mind still trying to process what had just happened. “Life-altering?”
“That good?” Kate asked with a smile.
“Yes.” Hollis didn’t return her smile. She was too lost in Kate’s caramel brown eyes, and she knew that Kate could never understand how true those words were. Hollis would leave this weekend a changed woman. It was too dramatic to elaborate on, but it was exactly how she felt.
“You’re being serious, aren’t you?” Kate asked before she lifted her glass to her lips and took a drink.
Hollis nodded. “Yes.”
Kate left her glass down on the coffee table and stood up. She held out her hand, her voice low. “Dance with me?”
Kate’s voice sent a shiver through her, and Hollis put down her own glass. She picked up her phone, turning up the volume on the jazz music that had quietly surrounded them. Sliding her hand into Kate’s, she let herself be pulled up. Kate left her flip-flops behind, and Hollis slid her feet out of her sandals, sinking into the cream carpet.
She swallowed down the lump in her throat as they moved into the open area behind the couch, and Kate’s hand slid from hers, trailing lightly across her back before coming to rest in the middle of Hollis’s back. She held out her other hand, and Hollis put her palm in hers, draping her right arm over Kate’s shoulder, her fingertips sliding under Kate’s hair.
“I’ve always wanted to dance with someone like this,” Kate murmured, her breath warm on Hollis’s cheek as they moved closer.
“Me too,” Hollis whispered. None of this felt real. She closed her eyes as they swayed to the smooth jazz, and Kate’s perfume filled her senses. Never had Hollis been so aware of her body. Her heart was still beating a little too fast. Her arms felt light, her skin sensitive to every touch. And she was more turned on than she’d ever been in her life.
The feeling of Kate’s body so close to hers, her warm hand on her back, her hair tickling Hollis’s cheek, it was overwhelming, in the best possible way. And like an addict, Hollis craved more. So much more.
7
As they swayed to the music, Kate held Hollis close, their bodies nearly pressed together. She desperately wanted to let her hands roam, to end up on the couch beside them on top of one another, their clothes flying off, but for some reason, Kate had an overwhelming sense of duty here. And her own wants needed to take a backseat.
As attracted as Kate was to this woman, she was under no illusion. This was not the start of something. When Hollis was ready to date, it wouldn’t be with someone like her. And yet, as they continued to dance, Kate struggled to keep herself from falling for this woman. She could keep her own desire in check, for the time being, but her feelings? That was going to be almost impossible.
Kate could feel the heat emanating from Hollis and being this close to her, especially after that last kiss, was intoxicating. She swallowed as Hollis’s fingers slowly traced patterns along her shoulder and collarbone. It was as if Hollis wanted more but hesitated to push any further.
Kate pulled back enough to meet Hollis’s eyes, but she found them focused lower, perhaps at her chest then definitely her lips, until she met Kate’s gaze. The intensity in her eyes nearly floored her.
Kate’s hand slid out of Hollis’s, the other still in the middle of her back. She reached up to tuck a piece of Hollis’s hair behind her ear, her hand cupping Hollis’s cheek, her thumb grazing Hollis’s soft skin. The song they’d been dancing to faded into the next, but they stood still.
When Hollis leaned into her touch, her eyes dropping to Kate’s lips again, Kate’s breath caught in her throat. She couldn’t remember feeling this wanted, and it made her heart race.
“What are you thinking right now?” Kate asked in barely a whisper.
Hollis’s eyes lifted, her pupils wide. The air between them was charged. “I’m trying to show some restraint,” she murmured as she leaned in, parting her lips over Kate’s, eliciting a soft moan, and Kate could feel herself swaying into Hollis as she deepened the kiss.
Kate gasped into the kiss as Hollis’s fingers trailed over collarbone, down the center of her tank top, between her breasts and over her stomach before disappearing beneath the fabric. The feeling of Hollis’s fingers brushing over her lower abdomen had the muscles beneath her skin jumping.
Kate panted as Hollis broke the kiss. “Why?” She swallowed as Hollis’s hand slid higher on her stomach before gliding over her ribs and settling at her lower back. “Why would you want to show restraint?” she barely managed to ask, her eyes searching Hollis’s.
Hollis dipped her head, placing open kisses along Kate’s shoulder and neck, and Kate was struggling to stay upright with every touch. “I’m afraid of what I’d be like,” Hollis whispered, her breath hot against Kate’s neck as she kissed her way up to Kate’s earlobe before tilting her head to capture Kate’s lips in a searing kiss. “If I let go.”
“Fuck,” Kate gasped into the kiss, Hollis’s words lighting a fire within her as Kate deepened the kiss, her tongue searching out Hollis’s.
